As Telangana goes to polls, the run-up was peppered with images pulled out of thin air, and with merely a prompt on computers. As it turns out, generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) was used by parties or their supporters, to create images either in support of candidates or to pan them across party lines.
While some images portrayed politicians having a cinematic swagger, others either a Congress wave, a BRS sweep or a BJP saffron tide. Many images featured the Hyderabad’s iconic and inalienable landmark of Charminar.
Given that all parties are vying with one another for votes, the spill-over into the AI world was a natural consequence. Images were widely shared on social media.
